Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-05

Tia publis schools are having vaea-
a~u- which viii eonsuHs during TIE
rseesuf week.
v;v. ear loads Of legs arrived over
a. shore Line yesterday for the Coos
u,sssial Company.
Rauoh weather on the straits CEASED
So victoria steamer 70 arrive here iva
kcurs lats last night.
Tna a.earrer Ions Fisherman towed
4. t,op, she McAIlisssF yard yesterday q
80 Ioad Of 5000 brick.
ia. ,auairs on tbs steamer AIki are
.sarJv completed and she will probably
X resdy by Saturday nexs.
M. z. 5. Robinson, agent for the Do
..sssis sewing machine, has moved from
"a Frout street to 100 Columbia street.
o.rsafn PsFcfval fornsgiy u the ship
u,os Jacket, has taksa charge Of the
Ssyk Hesper, temporarily, Captain Ri
At beiag on vacation.
The Fannie Lake bFsuRht last Sun
aav from Mortimer Cooks sninRle mill,
q sedfo, SkaRit river, 21osO0o shingles
tos sohwabaeheE Bros. Il Co.
The steamer Ancon, arrived at Port
Townsend on her way 70 Alaska, yes
ss,aay. Governor 3winefofd and wife
Trpeots 10 take passage on hes.
The steam schooner L. J. Perry ar
avsd here from the Hooksack Sunday
svsuinQ, bringing 80 sacks potatoes and
90 sacks eats, which she discharged.
The annual nesting OF the Ladias'
Relisf Society will b. held ~ the Chan
- N Commences rooms, Yeaier- LseaFy
Bloch. on Tuesday afternoon, April STD,
h2 o'elosk.
Ausv Congregational church recently
h.ilt In Est Tacoma, vas ope aed last
sanday. and 10 free from debt. Rev.
d. o. Otis, OF this city, preached there
lasa Sunday.
The ladies' Of the Congregational
Church will give Q Seciable AZ the
CHURCH ParIors. Wednesday evening,
Anil s, 1887. No admissions or collec
tons. For sooiability only.
MIRO. Crawford, Of Meadow, Lev
IA county. writes that be has sold Mead
az Brook Farm on Lincoln Greek, and
vill econ return to Seattle with bis wife
and daughter Nellie, to remain.
Ths steamer Clara Blown vas In port
vsa,erdav for lead Of barrel slaves for
he Roche HarboE Lime Company, and
vii bring return cargo OF $50 barrels
Of lime for Harrington a smith.
The steamship Elder had mot arrived
At Victoria at II o'clock yesterday fore
noon, when the steamer starr lefs there
for the Sound. Barring secident she
viii arrive here some time 10 day.
Mr.. George BrausR, an employee Of
IhS Northwestern Cracker factory. had
three Of his fingers badly mashed in one
Of the dough Foilera, yesterday morning.
the injuries, th0aRh serious, did not
peeesntats their amputation.
TIE Ladies' Aid Society Of Plymouth
Congregational Church are requested
" meet at the church, Wednesday,
April 9Th, 1887, at o'clock o. m, to
transact important business. BIZ order
Of the President, Mrs. Robert Abrams.
The auxiliary steam schooner Leo.
Captain Whitfoga, arrived here Satur-
day night, and ie nov Eno0Eed alongside
OF sietson a Poag's wharf. She will re-
main 10 this port ab8ut one week, dur.
ing which time che will lea1 general
merchandise aud lumber for Alaska
ports.
MIA. w. Cornwall, late agent fer the
Black Diamond Goal Company. has re-
signed his position here and gone to
San Francisco, accompanied by bis
wife and son. A Mr.. Andrews, OF Call
foFnia, has succeeded Mr.. Cornwall as
agent Of the Black Diamond Company
10 this city.
Mr.. d. w. Gross, formerly with the
hFm Of Waddeil a Miles, Of this city.
aud Who moved 10 Yakima three years
ago, has returned to Seattle with the in
teption of remaining, as he says that 10
all his travels he has not found place
which suited him one half 30 veil as
the Queen City.
The ship Ivanhoe. Captain Carter, ar
rived in ths haFboF sunday evening. 10
days from san Francisco. The voyage
vas very pleasant till she reached tue
Cane, when very heavy weather was en-
aountered. The ballast shifted to port.
giving her quite list. The ship lost
Ter main t0pRallant sail and foFesail.
The strawberry produstion Of HoaRh.
toH precinct, King county. was little
short Of Sb00o gallons, In 1856. BY rea-
con of increased planting and the prom.
iae Of g better yield, The productions OF
1887 ia expected 10 exceed $1,000 gallons.
1he Houehton strawberries are the EARL
est In the home market, and no better
are grown under the sun.
The steamer 3. l.. Mastiok was
launched about midpight last Saturday,
and towed by the WGldWood 10 Col
mans wharf. where worknen are now
engaged placing the machinery in posi-
ton. Captain Gilmore hopes TO have
her out By the first Of May. she will be
q stronger, better and more economical
boat when she comes cot than she ever
has been.
The steamship Mexico's place on the
San Francisco and Puget sonnd Foute
will be temporarily Ellled by the steam.
sh'p City OF Chester, which steamer will
leave San Francisco on the regular sail
ing time. The City Of Chester, IN con
Junction With the Elder. ran on this
route for q long time. She Is an iron
screw, and somewhat ca alier than the
Elder. since her withdrawal from the
sound routs she has been running from
San Francisco 10 Humboldt.
Ii has been Demonstrated beyond all
PEI adventure that the Ore which tsok
pl % In the Graves house, on Third
street., st $50 sunday mosnina, vas the
vork OF az inesndiary, as the wallis and
h0oF we're saturated with coal oil, and
the Ere started in a vacant rooaa. at sew.
erAi points simultaneously. But for the
promtuesa Of the Ore department the
loss woald have beeR very great, but as
u tnFsed out the damage viii be very
slight, and not half 50 much as at hrss
supposed.
Parties 10 Montana have bsen neRo.
tiSttng With James W. Saith for the
purchase Of bis variety theater. The
figures we're agreed upon aud the sale
vas 10 have besn closed on the 5sh Of
Tits mouth. bat MIR. Saith received a
telegram the other day asking hin 10
Wait till the 18th. He hsd agreed 10
sell on the sth for $4,000. bus be states
that al the expiration Of thu uext ten
days be may want she other fellow 30
ush ten or fifteen days, or elsa he may
SaSt three or foar thousand dollars
more for the property by THAI time.
Several burglAries are reported 10 have
saasn place daring Saturday night and
Sunday morning, Mr.. Mesdae, who re-
s'dss on Madison street, between sixth
and Seventh streets. states that be vas
Awakened hy the barking 81 his dos on